WEEE mandates that EU Member States enact rules directed at the prevention, reduction, recycling and re-using of waste from electric and electronic products (EEE). The Directive has provisions directed at the achievement of each of these objectives, however most U.S. exporters are concerned about those elements addressing the collection of EEE waste.
The original WEEE Directive was adopted on January 27, 2003. It was recast by the European Parliament and Council on July 4, 2012 and is often referred to as the “WEEE Recast Directive”. Like RoHS II, the WEEE Recast Directive is transitioning …